A Neighborhood Survey Beacon Hill Civic Association Question Title * 1. Are you a member of the Beacon Hill Civic Association? Yes No Question Title * 2. The City of Boston changed the frequency of trash & recycling pickup in July 2014. The change for Beacon Hill was from 3 trash pickups and 1 recycling pickup per week to 2 combined trash and recycling pick-ups per week. Yes No No Opinion Has the change led to a cleaner neighborhood? Has the change led to a cleaner neighborhood? Yes Has the change led to a cleaner neighborhood? No Has the change led to a cleaner neighborhood? No Opinion Has your amount of trash decreased? Has your amount of trash decreased? Yes Has your amount of trash decreased? No Has your amount of trash decreased? No Opinion Are you recycling more? Are you recycling more? Yes Are you recycling more? No Are you recycling more? No Opinion Question Title * 3. The City of Boston initiated a program to ticket residents who don’t comply with the trash and recycling guidelines in March 2010. Yes No No Opinion Are you aware of this (green/trash) ticketing program? Are you aware of this (green/trash) ticketing program? Yes Are you aware of this (green/trash) ticketing program? No Are you aware of this (green/trash) ticketing program? No Opinion If so, is it deterring improper disposal of trash? If so, is it deterring improper disposal of trash? Yes If so, is it deterring improper disposal of trash? No If so, is it deterring improper disposal of trash? No Opinion Question Title * 4. The City of Boston initiated a Constituent Service Center called BOS:311 on August 11, 2015. The purpose of this service center is to provide residents a means of reporting non-emergency problems to the appropriate City department. There are 4 ways to contact the City: telephone call, smartphone app, tweeting and via the web. Yes No Are you aware of this program for reporting problems? Are you aware of this program for reporting problems? Yes Are you aware of this program for reporting problems? No If so, do you use it? If so, do you use it? Yes If so, do you use it? No Question Title * 5. The City supplements regularly scheduled mechanical street sweeping by utilizing manual sweepers, called hokeys. A hokey is usually a person with a florescent safety vest using a broom and shovel (and a barrel on a dolly) to clean the sidewalks and gutters. Yes No Are you aware of the hokey program? Are you aware of the hokey program? Yes Are you aware of the hokey program? No If so, do you see them on a regular basis? If so, do you see them on a regular basis? Yes If so, do you see them on a regular basis? No Question Title * 6. The Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee advocates the placement of trash and recyclables on the sidewalk no earlier than 7 AM of the day of the pickup, currently Monday and Friday. Yes No Are you able to comply with this time guideline? Are you able to comply with this time guideline? Yes Are you able to comply with this time guideline? No Question Title * 7. Do you have any specific comments regarding the cleanliness of Beacon Hill? Done